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Loyal readers most likely noticed that I wrote very few blogs over the past couple of weeks as I was traveling in Baja, Mexico. Part of the lack of posts was due to spotty Internet connections and part was simply because I was on vacation. But it was a working...
In Build Your CorelDRAW Files Efficiently, I told you how a blend group of 14 objects could be re-built as 2 objects. One of those objects was the label so it isn't even part of the circle. Just by doing that, you can make a file more efficient if the object(s) are...
A few days ago, Jeff Harrison wrote a post entitled Scaled bitmaps on websites = blurry images. If at all possible, we should avoid using a bitmap on a Web site that is scaled. Yet there are times you can't avoid it when designing a responsive Web site. Let's look...
While this post will talk specifically about printing an envelope, it can easily be modified to work with other specialty paper sizes. For a company that is focused around various types of design, it always drove us a little crazy to hand write envelopes. We've...
When the first CorelDRAW Unleashed title was released, we felt it was a groundbreaking combination of written material and video tutorials. The size of all the files only made it feasible to deliver on a CD-ROM. Then the files got even bigger to the point it was...
Last week Jeff Harrison wrote a post entitled Where to Begin in which he offered advice to a user wanting to know where to begin in learning CorelDRAW. As part of the post, Jeff even included a picture of the various CorelDRAW training materials he has in his...
There are many factors involved in setting up a successful e-commerce Web site. I put together a detailed post on our Web Design Solutions Unleashed site listing many of them. I encourage you all to read Important Decisions When Developing An E-Commerce Web Site...
Search Engine Optimization can sometimes be very frustrating. If you are trying to improve your ranking in a very competitive segment, moving a page up even a spot or two in the rankings can take a lot of work. But we had a recent situation where some minor page...
Yesterday I shared that we are doing some testing of a new mailing service for our newsletters. The post you are reading goes out to two Graphics Unleashed lists. But we also have lists for some of our sister sites. Those lists are relatively new so we don't have...
Last week I wrote how Google Tag Manager Simplifies Code, Speeds Site and the various techniques we used in Shaving 66% Off WordPress Web Site Loading Speed. Sure you can just visit a site yourself as a way to test the speed, but it isn't the most accurate measure....
Yesterday I described The Many Elements of Web Site Speed. There are many variables that can be fine tuned to add more speed. Some have a small effect, others have a big effect. Today I want to talk about one change that can simplify maintaining a site while also...
Last week I wrote How Much Does a Website Cost? and I found some of the features included on the list to be very basic elements with little to no extra cost. One of the questions on that list was related to sharing functions and I'm going to address that today....
When someone comes to our Web Design Solutions Unleashed site and has interest in having us build or makeover a site for them, the first question is always about the cost. It is also one of the hardest questions to answer without knowing a lot of details about the...
When a Web site is built, you hope that links will be built to various pages on the site. That's one way that the site builds more traffic. But there are times that a Web page is moved or removed and then those links could lead to 404 errors if someone attempts to...
Each time a new version of CorelDRAW is released, add-on developers have to make a decision whether to update their add-ons to the new version and how quickly to make it available. One of the more popular add-ons, Design Base, is now available for CorelDRAW X8....
If you are like many designers, you often get artwork and you need to determine what font was used for the type in the lousy graphic you were provided. CorelDRAW users have had the built-in ability to use WhatTheFont! for several versions now, but it doesn't always...
When I start on a new project, one of my first tasks is always to nail down the colors to be used. This is especially important when building a Web site so that all the correct colors can be applied in the right places. While some projects may involve coming up...
Many times when converting a logo, the key is determining the fonts used. With a recent project, I really struggled to find the font. Why? Because there were two different fonts used. Below is the original logo that came from a screenshot of the company's Web site....
I had a client ask if I could help recover a corrupt file. While there is a chance of recovering a file right after corruption occurs, the chances get even more slim over time. For those who want a recipe to try and recover corrupt CorelDRAW files, I've written...
For the full write-up of the makeover recently performed on the Cave Creek Contemporary and Kenn Cross Concepts site, please read Kenn Cross Concepts Web Site Makeover on our sister Web Design Solutions Unleashed site. Below is the home page before the makeover....
I looked at my calendar yesterday and realized that in less than a month I'll be in front of a group of CorelDRAW users in Las Vegas helping them improve their skills. Will you be one of the users in the audience? If you have any questions at all, please visit the...
I got a new laptop with Windows 10 and it has an amazing display on it. The new screen is 15.6" with 3840x2160 pixels. Otherwise known as a 4K screen. To be exact it is the Dell XPS 15. All those glorious pixels come with a downside. Not all software knows how to...
I've recently done some posts where I listed Kindle books that were available for free at the time the post was written. Three Free Kindle Books on Murder, Space and Ghosts Start 2016 With Four Free Kindle Books Eight Free Kindle Books in a Variety of Genres These...
Loyal readers are well aware that we moved the unleash.com Web site recently to a new server. This meant that anything attempting to connect to the old content would no longer function. As decisions were made about what content to move forward and what content to...
